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It’s a shame that Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, et. al. spent so much time mimicking Democrats in demonizing Mitt Romney for being rich because if nothing else it takes their eye off the ball — defeating a quite weak President Obama by focusing their energies on his truly poor economic decisions. I realize that there [...]

Great commentary by Sen. Lisa Murkowski regarding President Obama’s plan to enact a 5-year ban on all offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. To wit, it only applies to the United States. As we continue our endless debate on whether we should have more Outer Continental Shelf development and where, [...]

Here’s a great commentary by Jonah Goldberg (from his G-file e-letter) on the OWS movement: As I mentioned in the Corner, I love this story about the fraying tensions among the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Aside from the general schadenfreudtasticness of it all, I found this bit to contain some fascinating contradictions. Apparently some of [...]

WSJ: After Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as part of Dodd-Frank, President Obama said the government would prevent “hidden penalties and fees” and ensure “clear and concise information.” He promised banks that “unless your business model depends on cutting corners or bilking your customers, you’ve got nothing to fear from reform.” Flash forward [...]

Here’s a great tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, by Kevin Williamson: Jobs was sometimes criticized for not being a philanthropist along the lines of Bill Gates. Take this article, for example: Last year the founder of the Stanford Social Innovation Review called Apple one of “America’s Least Philanthropic Companies.” Jobs had terminated all of Apple’s long-standing corporate philanthropy programs within [...]